Louisiana political junkies have a chance to visit with veteran statehouse reporters Jeremy Alford and Tyler Bridges as they embark on a book-signing tour in northern and central Louisiana and Acadiana this week.

Alford and Bridges are promoting their new book "Long Shot," which chronicles the inside story of last year's epic gubernatorial election in which Democrat John Bel Edwards upset Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter.

The book has been widely praised, including the following review from Jonathan Martin, national political correspondent for The New York Times:

"AJ Liebling once wrote that Louisiana politics is of an intensity and complexity that are matched only in Lebanon. With 'Long Shot,' Tyler Bridges and Jeremy Alford make clear that Liebling's description still captures what may be America's most singular state.

"The forces of polarization threaten Louisiana's unique political cultures as sure as climate change erodes the state's coast. But as Bridges and Alford deftly explain in this romp of a book, Louisiana still resists easy categorization."